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Message: <blockquote data-quote="debrasue" data-source="post: 1157265">From what I can tell, it's not really known what prompts a ewe to reject a lamb in the first place, but if they have done it once they may do it with subsequent lambs, too. This may prompt a farmer to remove the ewe from his flock (one way or another! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />).Some ewes giving birth to twins or triplets may accept one or more of the lambs and reject the others. Alternatively others are far more accommodating and can even be persuaded to accept an orphan lamb, especially if one of theirs has died and the orphan is carrying the scent of their own lamb.Did you know that a lamb wiggles its tail as it's feeding to promote the intestines to secrete lactase, which is the enzyme which enables it to digest the lactose in the ewe's milk?  And it butts the udder with its hard little head to promote the milk flow.It's a funny business, nature....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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